Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

Insulin Resistance May Be Important Risk Factor for Most Common Heart Valve DiseaseA large population study of men over 45 ...

Adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or type 2 diabetes develop cardiovascular diseases (CVD) at younger ages.

Researchers examined the relationship between a diet that provokes inflammation and the risk for irritable bowel syndrome.

If a person's weight is 160 lbs (72.6 kg) and their height is 6 feet (1.8 meters), you would calculate their body mass index as follows ... among women and men, and in almost every age group, not just ...

However, more recent research has revealed BMI to not only be an insufficient measure of health, but also highly problematic, with initial studies almost exclusively made up of Caucasian men.

In 2023, the American Medical Association acknowledged that BMI is an “imperfect way to measure body fat.” And an English study from 2021, with a more diverse data set, found that current BMI ...

Regular physical activity can slow biological aging in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has revealed. The research ...

Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in America, and it has been for more than 100 years, despite major gains ...

Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

If you eat or drink more than your body needs, you'll put on weight because the energy you do not use is stored as fat. If you eat and drink too little, you'll lose weight ...

The Fitbit Versa 4 is a fitness lover's dream, tracking everything from your steps to your sleep, but does it actually help ...